Headlines for March 8, 2021
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5F2GD)
- Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package, Votes Down $15/Hour Min. Wage Amendment
- Fauci Warns of Possible 4th COVID Surge as More States Move to Open Up
- Jury Selection Starts in Derek Chauvin's Trial for Murder of George Floyd
- Rochester Police Tackle and Pepper-Spray Black Mother Walking with 3-Year-Old Daughter
- Biden Issues Exec. Order to Expand Voting Access on Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
- Deadly Clashes in Senegal Following Arrest and Rape Accusation Against Opposition Leader
- Equatorial Guinea's President Blames Negligence After at Least 20 Killed in Blasts at Military Site
- At Least 20 Dead in Mogadishu Car Bomb Attack
- Burmese Workers Launch Strike as Protests, and Violent Crackdown, Intensify
- Rights Groups Accuse Philippines Authorities of "State Terror" in Killing of 9 Activists
- Swiss Voters Back Ban on Facial Coverings Pushed by Far-Right Islamophobes
- Pope Francis Wraps Up First-Ever Papal Tour of Iraq
- Rep. Eric Swalwell Sues Trump, Giuliani and Others over January 6 Capitol Insurrection
- Calls Grow for NY Gov. Cuomo to Resign as Two More Former Aides Describe Sexual Harassment
- Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Describe Royal Family's Racism
- 50 Years Ago, Activists Broke Into an FBI Office and Revealed COINTELPRO Abuses
- Immigrant Workers Protest to Demand Inclusion in Pandemic Relief Funding